Amor-crush

Aaron was excited to enter the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes!

He had heard rumors of it being filled with a lot of pranks and stuff, bound to make one's time at Hogwarts more fun.

While the other stores did have their ambience which excited him, this one was just different. The bright colours, the moving hat which conjured a new animal every time it went down, the various advertisements of their own products, along with pictures of people who have used them.

Aaron was not ready for what he saw as soon as he entered the store.

If Muggle magic was mixed with real magic, a devil's mind, and a lot of creativity, then this was the place. It was filled top to bottom with different items, everything unique and either more fun or more disastrous than the previous one.

Aaron looked at his dad, Arnold. He was shocked top to bottom. As it is, he was adjusting to magic as it is, and this place? Well, it made him crazy for sure.

"Honey, I might sit this one out."

Arnold said as he headed outside the door.

"Ok, Aaron. Now I am allowing you to only look around. Nothing else. You are NOT allowed to use any of the stuff they have, even if they are on display requesting you to be used. Am I clear?"

Aaron's mother, Megan said.

"Yes, mom. Only use my eyes, no hands."

"Good. Now let me look after your father. He has seen me use magic so much and he still can't accept it somehow."

With that, Megan left the store, leaving Aaron behind to explore the wonders of the WWW.

Just as he heard, and checked, that his mom had left the store, Aaron got on his mischievous face (a face which means danger back when he was with his friends), and began to look around. His mother didn't know that he had brought some extra cash just so that he could buy some items (such as the infamous Marauder's Map).

Hardly travelling any more distance, he bumped into someone.

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Whrn I turned around I saw a boy that looked my age standing near the entrance. He was looking around with wide, excited eyes, probably amazed by everything inside the shop.

He had messy black hair and dark black eyes. I noticed his round blue glases almost immediately. They looked rather unusual but somehow they suited him.

I stared at him for a few seconds without even realizing it.

"Why was I looking at him so much?" I thought to myself and quickly looked away.

I felt my face getting a little warm and my heart started racing. I did not understood why I was suddenly feeling so nervous and so I decided to focus on the shelves in front of me.

I picked up a small box and looked at it pretending to be intersted in it.

I noticed that the boy was walking further into the shop. He looked very curious and there was a small mischievous smile on his face.

I smiled to myself.

He seemed nice.

I tok a few steps away from the door trying to give him more space. But before I was able to move any further I had felt someone bump into me.

I stumbled slightly but quickly caught my balance.

"Oh" I looked up in surprise.

It was the same boy.

I blinked and stared at him for a minute before looking down shyly.

"I'm sorry" I said softly.

I realised that I was smiling without wanting to. I quickly looked away and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Are you alright?" I asked looking back at him genuinely concerned.

I felt strangely nervous while waiting for his answer. I ignored that feeling and I simply stood there waiting for him to say something.

"Magic can make anything happen. It reveals itself only to those who have eyes to see it"

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ABILITIES
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7

STATISTICS
Stamina 7 | Evasion 6 | Strength 6 | Wisdom 5 | Arcane Power 6 | Accuracy 5

"I'm sorry"

That was what the other person said.

"No, I'm sorry. Should have looked where I was going."

This was strange. Aaron was feeling something strange. This was like the times he spoke with Elisa. Like his mind suddenly switched off.

She asked him if he was alright, to which he responded:

"I am, but I hope I didn't hurt you much? I really should be looking where I am going."

Huh. Somehow, Aaron felt something strange was going on. He couldn't understand what though. Maybe it was all the craziness in the area getting to him and he just ensuring to remain sane. After ensuring everything was ok, Aaron continued into the store.

Aaron was enjoying the WWW. There were Extendable Ears, which people were using to hear other private conversations; Remembralls were going bright red as people passed by them; there were dungballs and snowballs placed together, and people were going to both of them, at the same time, throwing them at their friends.

And then he found it. The Marauders Map. Well, at least the WWW official copy of it. People were cramming there to see what was going in Hogwarts during the holidays.

Aaron was more interested in getting one for himself. He had saved 10 galleons of his pocket money for this only! (He got pounds and sickles for his pocket money as his mother believed both of them are useful)

As Aaron returned with a Marauders Map to the checkout desk, he suddenly thought back about the person he bumped back to when he entered the shop. Whenever he thought about her, he felt something strange, the same strangeness he felt when he first looked at her and spoke with her.

Walking some more he again bumped into someone.

"Not again! I am so sor... Oh it's you again."

Aaron looked up to see that it was the same girl from earlier.

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He had apologized to me and I just nodded my head not sure what to say.

A few minutes later.

I was looking at the Socks of Eternal Wetness. They loked funny I had no idea why anyone would actualy want socks that were always wet.

"What a cruel twist" I thought looking at them "Socks that look this good but are always wet."

I had laughing to myself when I noticed him again.

I looked at him once.

Then again.

And then one more time.

I do not understood why my eyes keep searching him. He was just the boy I had bumped into earlier but something about him had made me feel strange.

I quickly looked back at the socks when I noticed him walking towards where i was.

I panicked.

I pretended to be very interested in the socks even though I had already read everything writtn on the box.

I tried to act normal but my face had started feeling warm once again.

Then—

Bump.

I had steped back in surprise and looked up.

It was him again.

He was saying "Not again! I am so sor... Oh it's you again."

"Oh" I said quietly.

He looked surprised too.

I stared at him for a moment before loking down at a parchment he was holding.

"Hmm me again" I said with a smal nervous laugh.

Looking at him i felt a strange feeling in my chest. I still had no idea why I had been feeling like that.

I noticed his blue glasses again before looking away.

"I think we realy need to stop bumping into each other" I said trying to sound normal.

Trying to make the situation less awkward I pointed at the parchment in his hand and asked "What is that?"

"Magic can make anything happen. It reveals itself only to those who have eyes to see it"

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ABILITIES
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7

STATISTICS
Stamina 7 | Evasion 6 | Strength 6 | Wisdom 5 | Arcane Power 6 | Accuracy 5

"I think we realy need to stop bumping into each other"

For some reason, Aaron felt strange after hearing that. Was he again falling for it? No, it might be all the Amortentia in the air affecting him. But maybe it isn't?

This was further continued with a question about the map.

"This? Rumor has it that there were 4 Hogwarts alumni who used to roam the corridors in the night. They got to knew so much about Hogwarts, they created a map which shows the location of every person in the castle. No one can hide from the map. While no one knows where the original map is, the Weasley twins were able to study the map long enough to make copies of it."

Aaron said rather excitedly.

He then remembered he forgot to introduce himself.

"I'm Aaron by the way. First year at Hogwarts. And you are?"

By the nervousness he could feel, he thought she was also a first year, but who knows. For some reason, he felt that she was looking at him a bit differently than most others, but not sure why.

"That's what happens what happens when you have an emotional range of a teaspoon." he thought, not sure why.

Inside, Aaron felt a bit strange.

"Omg, I might have another crush." Aaron thought.

Trying to calm himself, Aaron unknowingly looked a bit weird on the outside. In the inside, he began to recount his final conversation with Elisa.

He thought back to when she couldn't trust him if he couldn't trust her with Hogwarts. He remembered to their fight outside her house, how she finally said she had some feelings for him and he felt the same.

That might have been the shortest love story which ended before it begun he thought.

And while Aaron was thinking this was all happening completely fast, he was just frozen and sweating a bit too much than required for the heat.

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I was listening to Aaron while he was explaining about the parchment.

He seemed really excited speaking about the four Hogwarts students and how they had created a map that could show where everyone in the castle was.

I understood that it was a special map which had been copied by the Weasley brothers.

I was looking at him while he was talking though I quickly loked away whenever I realised that I was staring.

Then he introduced himself.

"I'm Aaron, by the way. First year at Hogwarts. And you are?" He asked.

I was about to answer when I noticed him suddenly becoming quiet. He was standing there strangel as if he had completely forgotten what he had been doing.

I looked at him curiously.

Was he feeling strange too?

I wondered if he had been feling the same way that I had been feeling.

Whenever I looked at him something felt different.

And I wonder if he felt it too.

But then again maybe I was just imagining things.

I barely even known him.

"I'm Penelope Kneen and I'm a first year too." I finally answered.

I felt slightly happy after saying that. We were both going to Hogwarts for the first time.

I continued "So, we'll both be starting Hogwarts this year."

I smiled but then I noticed that he still looked a little strange.

He had been standing there quietly and looked like he was thinkng very deeply about something.

I tilted my head slightly worried and asked "Are you alright?"

I remembered asking him the same question earlier.

So to avoid confusion I continued "I mean, you sudenly look like you've seen a ghost."

I continued looking at him waiting for him to answer, while still wondering what exactly must be going on in his mind.

"Magic can make anything happen. It reveals itself only to those who have eyes to see it"

OOC notes - N/A

ABILITIES
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7

STATISTICS
Stamina 7 | Evasion 6 | Strength 6 | Wisdom 5 | Arcane Power 6 | Accuracy 5

"... you've seen a ghost."

Aaron snapped back to reality.

"Oh sorry. A bad memory just hit me. Your name is Penelope, right? Like the Queen of Ithaca?"

Aaron said.

He had watched The Odyssey just recently with his friends and the name just struck there. He then realised how awkward he was like.

"I don't usually sweat like crazy don't worry."

He said, hoping he doesn't make a fool of himself now.

"So, what brings you to the WWW? If I'm not wrong I think you were taking a bit too long of a time staring at the socks of eternal..."

Aaron stopped himself there. He realised that the last sentence was the worst thing he could have said, especially to a girl.

"... wetness. Sorry, I wasn't staring at you. I was uhm, looking at the socks of eternal wetness myself on the way back when I saw that you were also looking at it. Not that I wasn't looking looking at you if you get what I mean? Uhm..."

he said.

"This isn't going great" he thought.

At this point, he stopped his ramble and took his first good look at her. She was a bit shorter than him, not much, maybe a couple of inches, with a light complexion. She had long, black, wavy hair and brown-black-ish eyes. Her clothes were highly unique and were making their own fashion statements. That was what he could make out anyhow.

"Now it's the hoping game" Aaron thought, crossing his fingers behind his back.

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I blinked when Aaron suddenly came back to reality.

"A bad memory just hit me." he had said before asking if my naame was Penelope like the Queen of Ithaca.

I looked at him curiously.

"I guess so." I had said with a small smile "But I don't think my parents named me after her."

Then he said something about not usually sweating so much.

I tried not to laugh.

"Don't worry." I said "I was not going to ask."

But then he started taking about why I had been staring at the Socks of Eternal Wetness.

My eyes widened a little.

He had noticed me staring at the socks?

Then he quickly started explaining himself. He said he was not staring at me but then he somehow made the explanation even more confusing.

I stood there quiely while he continued talking.

By the end of his explanation I was trying very hard not to laugh.

"You know you could have stopped explaining after saying you were looking at the socks too." I finally said.

I smiled at him.

"But it's alright. I get what you mean."

At least I thought I did.

When he asked what I was doing at Weasleys Wizard Whezes I had looked around the shop.

"I was here with my parents" I said "We were walking through Diagon Alley when I saw this shop."

I looked up at the colourful shelves and floating signs.

"I thought it looked amazing so my parents told me to go inside and have some fun."

I looked back at the Socks of Eternal Wetness and continued "And then I found these."

I pointed at them.

"They look really nice but they are always wet. I don't understnd why anyone would want them."

I had looked back at Aaron with a small smile.

"I was just trying to understand who would actually buy them."

Before I could say anythig else I heard a familiar voice calling my name.

"Penny!"

I turned around and saw my parents standing near the entrance. At almost the same moment Aaron's parents had appeared too.

I looked back at him.

"I supose that is us."

For some reason I felt a little disapointed that we had to leave already.

But I kept a smile.

"Well I hope to meet you again." I said.

I gave him one last small smile before turning around and walking towards my parents.

Then I left the shop with them still wondering why I had felt so strange whenever I looked at him and also thinking when I would se him again.

"Magic can make anything happen. It reveals itself only to those who have eyes to see it"

OOC notes - N/A

ABILITIES
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7

STATISTICS
Stamina 7 | Evasion 6 | Strength 6 | Wisdom 5 | Arcane Power 6 | Accuracy 5